PRAYER MOMENT An invitation to take a few minutes to
ponder the excerpt below from the readings of today and listen to what the
Spirit of Jesus is saying to me.
Monday
21 July 2014
TO
LOVE TENDERLY
Pause. Be still in the presence
of God.
Reading: “This is what the Lord asks
of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly before
your God” (Micah 6:1-8)
Reflection. These words of the prophet
Micah, written around 720 BC, represent an astonishing maturity in
understanding of the message of the covenant between God and his people. God
does not want exterior sacrifices of “calves one year old or rams by the
thousand”. He wants or human hearts to turn to him. President Jimmy Carter of
the United States was so impressed by these words that he worked them into his
inaugural speech when he became President in 1977. They summed up his programme
and they stand as a challenge down the centuries not just to the mighty but to
every person who wants to draw closer to the source of life. The three
aspirations call, not just Jews and Christians, but all people of good will to
engage with, and become people for, others.
Prayer. Lord, help us to live these
simple words – to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly before your.
May all in power and out of power be drawn to live in this way. Amen..
David Harold-Barry SJ
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